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rbilaJelpMi, U.JikiJ.j, September :(. 1917
IT IS WAR TO THE DEATH
THIS TIME
milB Major Is still In office.
iJircctor
of Public Safety Wilson Is
still In
office. Lieutenant Bennett Is still In office.
Government by murder continues. The
degenerate and narcotic-fed dregs of so-
, defy that did tho dirty work ate In jail,
whero they belong. An Assistant District
Attorney In New Yoik reports that his
office believe? that telephone wires lead
ing Into tho Bronx coutthouso have
been tapped by men wishing to serve cer
tain Interestan Philadelphia. New York,
1 in the meantime, has promised that the
confessions of gunmen, no matter what
mon "higher up" are named, will be pub
lished In that city It they are not pub-
Hshed here. The long ami of the Organl
zatlon Is not long enough to reach Into
neighboring citadels of Justico and pre
ent publicity. Jts ami, indeed. Is with
out power oven in somo places within
our own cn Irons, since Sir. Rotan shows
no signs of beliig afraid and lclteratcd
yesterday his demand upon tho Major
that Lieutenant Bennett be lemovcd, but
cot no response from his Honor, although
he pointed out that Bennett's presence
hampers pollco investigation of tho con
spiracy. Tho arrogant attitude of Director Wil
son Is not changed. Tho Mayor and his
cohorts sit tight, refusing to do any
, thing, making no movo to assist in tha
ascertainment of the facts, confident that
the power of the Organization which they
control Is superior to any other power
that the humiliated community can
bring to bear. Insult Is heaped on insult,
mid once moro the old device of stilling
public Indignation by asserting that attet
all this Is nothing but a factional fight, a
mere partisan murder, not to be taken too
seriously, is being brought to the f.ront.
Hypocrisy Is "immense." There is noth
ing like it to fool the people. The Greek
demagogues had it down to a fine art.
Give a .skillful lawyer time enough and
he'll have people weeping tears and spend
ing their hard earned money for flowers
for murderers. Mac be, beforo we get
through with this affair, somebody will
be proposing a public testimonial for tho
Mayor on tho ground that he has been
persecuted. It beats tho Dutch what
hypocrisy can do.
Assuming that the Mayor was morally
Innocent before tho fact, which is a very
violent assumption, his conduct since the
murder Is' sufficient to render his con
tinuance in office an insult to the com
munity. The murderers, so far as any
action by' him is concerned, could be
riding about in limousines now and drink
lng champagne with their blood money.
It has not occurred to him, apparently,
that he has any duty in the premises. Ills
deploratlons are the sort of deploratlons
that begin and end In deploring. As for
catching a murderer, a thug or a grafter,
his attitude Is the same as that assumed
by him In the vice matter. "There isn't
anyvjee, and wo would have put an end
to It anyhow if the United States had not
intervened. Why hold up Philadelphia to
scorn? It must be a Democratic trick for
political advantage." To men like tha
llayor nobody eytr does anything unless
it (3 for political advantage. Possibly he
thinks that every soldier who has vol
unteered to fight in France has done so
only because he believes he will get an
office when, he gets back home. Yet we
have heard that It advantagetli a man
nothing if he gain the whole world and
lose his soul. We have heard It whispered
at the altars wheia men tell the truth and
purge themselves of Ilea that tho good
Is better tTian tho wrong and that the
Christ taught only holy things.
Government by murder! But Is tho
pleading of the defendants, "We are not
the murderers; we are only their friends"?
Aye, and In the mercy of God let them
Jiopo for their physical safety that those
friends who stand ,in actual condemnation
"3o not tell the truth. Let them tremble,
as they must, In fear of what forthcom
tag confessions may reveal. Tho sword
at JJamoclea hang over their heads.
frWr arrogance, la asaumud. Their guilt
fossa- uporj. them. They vainly try
an4 hoM thenMlVM utnatnr.- ut
tha whip of popular acorn la on their
backs. They havo bagun to sweat. They"
have lost their murderous bolsterousnesi.
They will not daro to send thugs to the
meeting tomorrow night They will not
dare to shoot moro citizens. Their reign
of blackjacking la dono and they know It.
But thoy stilt sit In office They still
draw salaries and hold the power of gov
ernment In their hands. They still, somo
of them, crow rich on contracts. They
Still meet together and consplro against
the public weal. They still daro tho pub
lic wrath. They still hopo that Philadel
phia will forget Its anger and return, as
so often sho has dono before, to no
qulesccnco III their monstrous dominance.
They are wrong, for by tho graco of
hcacn at last tho era Is right, tho psy
chology of tho human mind Is right and
tho world Itself is sot steadfast In tho
pursuit of right and justice. Thero comes
to us from outiagcd Belgium, from pil
laged Serbia and all tho other districts
whero vlolcnco has outraged lnnocenco
tho stern lncentlvo to do our duty hero
at home. No longer can wo neglect It.
Wo must fight, fight or qultnd loso our
self-respect and ull that wo hold dear.
Our choice Is made. We will fight. Aye,
and wo will fight with such a conscious
ness of rectitude, with such a faith In
tho necessity of winning, that all tho
hired thugs and. murderers nnd diug ad
dicts and drunken brutes that can bo Im
ported, bought, purchased, tradod for or
solicited will not bu sufficient in number
to oveicomo thd righteous Indignation of
tho community and victory will bo as
surcd. I"or us this is no mere factional row.
It Is the call of tho tocsin, tho signal for
a mighty upilsing, thd. old Liberty Bell
ringing out onco moio Its summons, and
It Is a summons that every decent man
will answer.
AKGENTINA'S lUEASLES
ARGENTINA Is haing Its caiefully
A staged food shortage, big tallroad
.strike and nil tho other connivances that
German agents alwajs attempt when a.
neutral nation Is nbout to Join tho Allies.
We had to go through it. Every neutral
has to have It, as they used to say of a
child with tho measles. This Is a caso
of German measles.
An thing to keep Argentina out of tho
war Is tho slogan of tho German agents.
No matter it the Argcntlno Senato
adopted by a oto of S3 to 1 a resolution
to break with Germany, It Is Berlin's will
that this net bo revoked. Wo havo to
stand 11 great deal of lecturing from Ger
many nbout Interfering with her Gov
ernment. But tho Germans feel free to
interfere with ccry Government in the
world but their ow 11.
MISUNDERSTANDING AMERICA
THL3 leni.ukable notion seems to pre
vail in some parts of Europe that tho
official statement of policy by an Amer
ican President, indorsed by tho people,
can bo amended or withdrawn. Slow wo
may be to como to a decision on matters
international, difficult it may bo for us
to agree. But once decided", once agreed
when havo wo backed down, when
would we need to back down?
The Monroe Doctrine Is as much a law
as the law against murder Is a law. The
American reply to the Pope's appeal Is as
much a law as any treaty. No Adminis
tration would .daro to make terms with an
irresponsible Kaiser, ev en if it wanted to,
after the publication in every language In
all lands of the American ultimatum
to autocracy. Tho statement of Cardinal
Gasparrl, thai? "tho objection made by
President Wilson Is easily overcome, ns
tho people of tho Central Powers, as well
as thoso of tho Allies, aro ready and will
ing to glvo all guarantees for tho fulfill
ment of conditions leading to a Just and
lasting peace," breathes an optimism we
cannot sharo.
If It is true that the German people
aro so near self-government as that, then
we have suffered under as cruel a mis
apprehension as any people ever enter
tained. Wo have totally misunderstood
the Imprisonment of Llebkneuht nnd the
demands of Reichstag members for a re
sponsible ministry and for universal suf
frage, If it is truo that "tho objection
made by President Wilson Is easily over
come." The Cardinal 13 also reported to havo
said: "Tho proposal of President Wilson
to enforce democratic government in
Germany is impractical." Wo aro not
trying to enforco democratic government
In Germany: members of the Reichstag
are trying to do that. Tho President
said: "Wo cannot take the word of tho
present rulers of Germany as a guaran
tee of anything that is to endure, unless
explicitly supported by such conclusive
"evidence of tho will and purpose of the
German people themselves as the othtr
peoples of tho world would be Justified In
accepting. We must await somo new evi
dence of the purposes of the great peoples
of the Central Powers."
Wo havo not asked tho German people
to govern themselves; wo havo asked
them to stata clearly whether It Is really
their purpose to help their Kaiser to con
quer Europe and defy America and Asia.
It that Is their purpose, they1 may form
tho most advanced form of ripubllo in
the world tomorrow without Baying
themselves from the necessity of fighting
a war to exhaustion.
The Kaiser's latestyjieace offer has
killed fifteen and Injured seventy non
combatants In England.
The schoolboy axiom, "What goes
up must come down," seems to be exem
plified in the case of the "men higher up"
in the "Bloody Fifth" scandal.
School teachers in Germany will
laud Von Hlndenburg (soon to ba Prince;
on his birthday. It Is reported that tha
pupil will receive special Instruction
In paper-tcrap tearing on that occasion.
MANY PATRIOTS
DISLIKE TAXES
"Rrmbfeia of Confercss Bom
bhVfleny Complnints-T-Tho
Cry of "WolfT" '
Special Corrcsnontimcs of Ins A'iciiIhb Ltdoef
WASHINGTON, Sept 26.
BUSINESS men from all parts of the
country aro still bombarding Washing
ton with suggestions about the war tax
bill. If tho Hood of telegrams and letters
received by members ut the conference com
tnlttco Is to be accepted as truthfully
forecasting the future, there may be break
ers ahead for many business concerns; but
the assertion that certain lines of business
will bo "ruined" If taxes are Imposed as the
writers fear has bcqbmo'so Stereotyped as
to sound like the cry of "Vplf 1"
Nearly all of, theao complaints are In
the old familiar phraseology: "We aro pa
triotic and anxious to do our part, but do
not want to be put out of business." It Is
pot unusual for tho average member of
Congress to receive from BO to 100 letters
and telegrams malting this argument each
day Spnators, who represent a wider con
stituency than mombers of th House, and
members of tho conference commltteo re
ceive so many moro o-f them that It has
becoino necessary In somo instances to ac
knowledge them on mimeographed forms
So far as Congress Is concerned, tho broad
answer to alt correspondents complaining of
tho tax bill is simply this: "The war Is on
and must bo fought to a finish Tho Presi
dent needs tho money and It Is tho duty of
Congress to ralso It for him There Is no
alternative."
Tho attacks upon the tat bill are not
confined to nny ono State or to any one
branch of business. The farmer has been
aroused because of tho Inclusion, as he be
hoves, of tho f.trm paper In tho higher
postal rates Tho reader of the religious
paper lms also been urged to take up the
battle for his publisher Colleges and phil
anthropic Institutions havo been seeking the
exemption fiom taxation of contributors to
their funds i far as such contributions aro
concerned It Is not sololy a business man's
grievance All classes seem to havo been
Httrred tip to 11 rcalbatlon of tho gravltyof
the tax situation That they havo reason
to bo Is shown by tho fact that tho amount
to be raised by taxes to meet tho expenses
of war will with tho passage of this bill,
plus taxes already imposed, aggregato about
$4,000,000,000.
Passaic of tho Bond Bill
Tlio p.T-snuo last week of the second
emergency bond law inrrltd with It none
of the vexatious tax bill woriles. That bill
put the Secretary of tho Ticasury In posi
tion to borrow money rather than to raise
It by taxes Ho will now bo nblo to lend
to our allies In addition to $3,000,000,000
alreadyprovldid for, nil additional $4,000.
000,000, which, beginning with November
next, will mean $500,000,000 In monthly
pajments until tho end of tho fiscal jear,
Juno 30, next
Although tho Secretary will havo at his
disposal moro than $23,000,000 for pi emo
tion purposes, Including advertising In tfie
newspapers, If ho decides upon that cour.se,
it Is tho Treasury Department opinion that
ho will need every dollar of It to put tho
loan through. Tho Secretary feels that
there Is a wldo territory jet to bo tanned
for tho alo ,of bonds, nnd ho has a great
reliance upon thn small Investor who was
not reached in tho $2,000,000,000 Liberty
Loan campaign. Acting for tho Adminis
tration, the Secretary has no recourse The
loan must bo bold and tho requirements of
our allies must bo met.
Thus far wo havo been lending money to
Great Britain, which Is our heaviest bor
rower; to Trance, Italy, Russia, Belgium
and Seibla Tho smallest loan was made to
Serbia, and thero was some question In
Congress about the propilety of making It.
As to most of these loans. Congress has
been Informed that much of the money ban
been or will bo spent In the United States,
although It is believed there has been no
obligation to so spend It. except In ono In
stance Hy the first of November It Is be
lieved all of the $3,000,000,000 authorized
by the first loan bill will have been turned
over to foreign nations.
Then the new allotment of $4,000,000,000
will como In for distribution. As to this
new loan, there is no assurance that It may
go exclusively to the countries already bor
rowing. A loan to" China has been sug
gested, and It Is not Improbable that Cuba,
which has turned over to the United States
certain seized German ships, may come In
for consideration. While It Is contended
that tho Industries of the United States re
ceive the benefit of much of the money thus
raised, thero Is no doubt that much of It
Is going Into the construction of railroads
and bridges, as well as munitions, in for
eign lands
U. S. Well Up in Co-operation
In view of these loans and the expendi
tures mado by tho United States for our
own account. It cannot be said with good
grace that Undo Sam Is lacking In war
action or sjmpathy. When Congress ad
journs provision wlll havo been made for
the expenditure of American money nnd
credit to tho end of the fiscal year to an
aggregato exceeding $19,000,000,000, During
the debato on the bond bill it was pointed
out that although tho United States had
been In war only five months and had not
yet flred a shot, and Great Britain had been
at war moro than three jears, the expendi
tures of Great Britain up to July 21 last
had ben nbout $21,000,000,000, or only
$2,900,000,000 more than the United States
pro-vlded for In five months.
At the same time it was shown from De
partment of Commerce statistics that the
French war debt up to April 30 was $17,
700,000,000, the Russian debt up to Janu
ary 1 last about $13,009,000,000 and the
Italian debt up to Jaiftary 1 moro than
$6,000,000,000. Each of the allied nations
has1 Increased Its expenditures since the
dates referred to ; but even so, no one Is In
position to chide the United States for In
difference to the President's war program
or for delay In meeting the financial re
quirements of this and other countries.
Expenditures made necessary by our par
ticipation in the war must bo provided by
Congress through taxes or loans. The
Piesldent and .lis Secietary of the Treas
try started out with the thought that Con-
git S3 would loceed to raise the revenuo''
on a flfty-nlty oasis, nair, taxes and halt
leans, but that program Is destined to be
shattered. Tho loans have already far ex
ceeded the taxes, and unless the war closes
suddenly aro likely to so continue.
The tax bill now .under consideration,
corcernlng wh'ch thera is so much business
anxiety, provided originally for only
$1,800,000,000. It Is now necessary to
ralro the total to $2,500,000,000. If It is
not soon enactsd Into law, even that amount
iray have to be Increased. The efforts of
the conferees nave been to adjust the taxes
In this great financial measure as equi
tably as possible and with a due regard
to future business conditions. It Is well
understood that another tax bill will have
to be passed when Congress meets In regular
session In December and thn new methods
it taxation lot disclosed by the present
bill may have to bo employed.
J. HAMPTON MOORE.
A FORBIDDEN SONG
"There Is one subject no man mentions
at the front unless It be very casually, en
passant." says Captain Ralph Vf. Bell In
"Canada In War paint" "Even then It
brings with It a sudden silence. There Is
so much, so very much, In that little word
'Home' If man were to get up at a
sing-song and sing 'Home. Sjreet Home' his
llfo would be Imperiled. His audience would
rise and annihilate him. because fit could
not she vt trf Its feelings in any other
way There r ome things that strike
dlrictly at the heart, and tWa la on of
them.''
Tom Daly's Column
LWE8 ON A LOVINO OUP
3tV heart to thv heart,
Mil lips to thine.
In the dew of tha cornfield
Tha hlood of the vine.
Tho taat stgh at leaving,
Tha xcord as wo part
Is', ij lips to thv UP'
It'o fito, heart to heart.
O. 11'. BTODDAItD.
Add Vacation Aftermath
That Rapturous Rhapsody on Ocean
City leads to tho suggestion that the
w rltcr bo employed by tho New England
Vacation Bureau for a tour of tho Down
East beaches next summer. Even his
Irrcpresslblo chcerlniss would suffer
lapses, wo fear, under experiences of
LYankco hospitality llko theso few sam
ples encountered recently:
AND COo A POUND AT THAT
Tho Missus (to Butcher) Have you a
nice steak this morning?
Butcher Why, I don't know It's been
so long since I cut one off.
And then he waits to hear If she'll take
It for sure beforo bringing to light the
one piece of beef he keeps In stock.
AT A PUBLIC PHONE PAY STATION
Young Lady May I use tho phono?
Crabbed Proprietress Is It a long-distance
call''
Y. L Yes
C. P. You'd better go somewhere else
then It takes too long
(Next nearest pay station one-half mile)
AND MR HOOVER'S NOT NEEDED
THERE
The Yank who cut tho grass from aban
doned graves held tho record for Hoover
ing the h. c. of 1. until a few days ago
when another do. turned his horse loose
on the beach to eat up tho seaweed I
HUGH MERR.
Tin: A'nr office boy
lie's a modest little curly-headed fellow,
Whose age Is scarcely greater than
clcicn.
The effulgence of his locks of taicnv yel
low Is supgcslUe of a lialo corn of heaven.
Wc ucrc smitten ulth his most uncom
mon beauty,
And we deemed him far too perfect for
thit earth,
iricn he modestly reported here for duty,
All unconscious of his transcendental
north.
Oh, the sweetness of his early morning
greeting
In those flist few days! II010 soft his
boyish tones.
As he handed me my letters In the wtorn
Ing, With "A lovely day! Good morning,
Mr. Jones."
Ah! the period of all things that giow
endearing
Is as flccttng as the dew upon the
grass.
We havo felt It; the misfortune we were
fearing
rrom the very first has come at length
to pass.
For our office boy has left us; wo are
lonely.
He Is nothing but a memory of the past,
lie was with 11s but a fleeting fortnight
only, -
And has vanished, for he was too good
to last.
We
could tolerate his cigarettes
and
1101 els,
, And his whistling, which was constant,
loud and shrill,
But I drctotho line when he remarked
this morning:'
"Ocet ycr loolln' on do hog-dls mornin',
mill"
Foetle license,
"heaven."
riftten doesn't rhyma with
Wo onco know a man who always gave
his llttlo girl a thermomotor for a Christ
mas present. Ho had a bug on thermom
eters. But wo can't qulto figure tho men
tal processes of tho fellow who puts In
any part of his vacation tlmo reading last
year's bulletins In college assembly halls.
Still thero Is such a man, and ha reports
to us now that ho read on a bulletin
board at Vasslr:
I.OST 0
"THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE
OF MORALITY"
TIain Language- From Truthful James'
About three hours before train time a
large crowd gathered In the courthouse
auditorium to make pleasant the last
evening of tho boys In their home town.
The following gentlemen punctuated the
musical program with short iatrlotlo
talks: Attorneys W. T. Brothers and F.
Falrcloth and Dr. J. R. Thompson. In
this bombardment of hot air the boys
got a foretaste, perhaps, of the poison
ous gases that await them In the trenches.
At the close of this feature they were
given better treatment at the hands of
Mrs. A. P. Grzlachowskl, 'who, von behalf
of the Red Cross, presented them with
useful and appropriate presents Santa
Fo New Mexican
Tho society editor, for soma reason
known only to herself, has placed upon
our desk a clipping from tho "society col
umn" of somo newspaper, which sayat
"The Barrenness of Bean was a gest of
Dr. and Mrs. Dr. Ithuriel Wolzer over
Sunday. Her Lazyshlp Is a welcome visi
tor In these parts. Como again, Barren
ness." Tho reference excited our curiosity so
deeply that we sent tha office boy out for
a copy of tho Almanach do Gotha, tho
Who'sthls of High Life, and searched
.diligently for a description of the Barren
ness of Bean. Nary a Bean could wo find.
But wo know her personally. Just tha
same. She has visited at our humble
homo Just as frequently, we are sure, as
she has ever Sundayed at the villa of
Doctor and Mrs. Dr. Ithuriel Wolzer.
Only, wo have never known her as a
"welcome! visitor, and wa would certain
ly never 'dream of referring to her as a
"gesf." 8ha is taken far too seriously to
be classed as a Jest.
The Barrenness of Bean (wa adopt tha
spelling or tha newspaper) usually dropa
In on uaJust when we have decided that
we are going to produce somo master
piece of literature. Almost Invariably
she la followed by another member of tha
debility Barren De gpalr.
Tho two hang around tha house like a
couple of love-birds, uttering faint twit
terings and cheeplnga of delight. But as
soon as they are announced we know that
our evening is ruined. j
I declmret There they are? again!
I, da CLARE.
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GOVERNMENT BY
MURDER DOOMED
Citizens' Denunciations Show
Public Is Aroused to City's
Crisis
This Department is free to all readers who
v.tsh to express their opinions on tuilects of
current Interest. It Is an open forum and the
Evening Ledger assumes no responsibility tor
the views of Us correspondents. Letters musti
tie sianed bv the name and address of tho
writer, not necessarily for implication, but as a
guarantee of mod faith.
A CALL FOR LEADERSHIP
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir It has become evident that some
thing Is radically wrong with tha health
of our city government, and we must all
shoulder the blame for tho unfortunato hap
pening In our Fifth Ward, for society Is
to blame for Us criminals. It Is hardly
nocessary to dwell on tho episode, but let
us size up the situation as It really is and
see It there is not a logical way for better
ment. This City of Brotherly Love should first
face tho mirror and answer this question:
Is It not high time our Counollmen were
paid a salary so aa to enable them to give
good service and their whole time to the
very Important business and In so doing
stop the drain on our lty Treasury?
Here let me suggest a means of getting
good, efficient help within this body. A
representative of ability from your paper
might noto the active men in Councils, their
suggestions and Initiative In 'good legisla
tion and their votes on matters of vital
Interest to the public. Then previous to
primaries and election their records should
be printed, guiding our better citizens to
give Intelligently deserving men their vote.
In this way, I believe we can lay tho first
foundation to a healthier .body for patient
Philadelphia.
Then urge the ousting of Magistrates'
courts. Build up the Municipal Court sep
arate from political Influence as far as pos
sible. Philadelphia Is certain to emerge throueh
this healthier, mentally, morally and physl-'J
cony, tor a city mat saves 10 our naupn mo
foundation pf good government namely, the
home la the .city that will be the envy of
those who .are prone to forjjetjn building
'that tha care of home Is the care or gov
ernment and tho prime faotor In the kind
ottidmlnlstratlon wa long for, So let me,
In behalf of our better citizens, ask for
your leadership In obtaining for our city
and people some of the benefits which by
the nature of their resources they are en-
titled to. A READER,
Philadelphia, September 24.
MURDER SHOULD WAKE CITY UP
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir It Is certainly sickening to return
to tha supposed pity of Brotherly Love
after a few days tt pleasant motoring
through New York State and learn tho
details of the terrible atrocities by tho
rotten politicians who seem to have turned
Philadelphia Into tho "City of Bloody
Love." The xld phrase "Everythlrir fair In
war" no doubt nleana political wfrs, tooj
and while, It Is quits sad that Eppley waa
murdered. It all may havo heen for the
best. Probably now the real Phlladelphlana
will exert themselves and oust both tho Mo
Nlchol and Vara factions next November
and put In somi of tho good parts of tha
.Blankenburg retime, should any be re
maining and still Interested In behalf of
the qrlglr. of the City of Brotherly Love.
Poor Blankenburg may have jjeen. alow,
but he got thero with a clean-cut admln
istratfon, after having to start from a bank
rupt City Treasury, and If any of "Relentless
RufolpbV contingent could yet be Induced
to take up whatever reins the can grasp at
next election and give Philadelphia a real
and correct reform poer Epsley will hare
died a perfect martyr to duty.
Lrs-fcef that rhlladelsnUna will nnr
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awaken to tho real opportunity that was
theirs In tho Blankenburg administration
to havo continued his good work, an op
portunity temporarily lost by falluro to
elect George D. Porter, who also may bo
considered Blow and wavering by many,
but Porter Is honest above nil othor weak
nesses, and It Is honesty that's badly wanted
In Philadelphia.
If this city had chosen George D. nt Its
last mayoralty election a new story of
"Paradise Regained" would havo undoubt
edly been the revised edition of "Philadel
phia, Corrupt and Contented," by Lincoln
Steffens. it, R,
Philadelphia, September 22.
VOTERS MUST END MURDER
REGIME
To Vie Editor of the Evening Ledger: '
Sir Whilo our young men are going
to the front to uphold tho strugglo of tho
world for democracy, here In tho Cradlo of
Llborty wo witness scenes that not even
tho "ruthless Germans" can exceed.
Now let every red-blooded American who
desires to rebuke such outrages for the
future and the causes that lead thereto re
solve that when ho goes to the pojls in
November to help select tho men who are to
occupy the positions of trust In this city
ho shall do his full duty as a self-respecting
and liberty-loving citizen.
This ho can best do, and wo might prop
erly say only do, by voting for those who
aro opposed to the mn who stood to gain by
the methods Invoked in the "Bloody Fifth"
on Wednesday. Tho name nt the head of tho
uiuopenuent iicKet tp DB put In tho field to
redeem Philadelphia AntI - Contractors'
ticket whilo a good, title, is onljr to form
a rallying placo for those opposed to the
continued domination of the city and State
by unprincipled contractors who care
nothing for the means taken to accomplish
their ends.
.1. Wo ,havo come t0 tho Parting of the ways ;
there Is no middle course possible. I know
not, and care less, who the man mnv t,o i,
nro to bo selected to fill the various places
on tho Independent ticket which has been
decided upon. In my opinion, the only
o!!U!0 for nny man wh0 ,s not willing to
condone and be a party to such actions as
wero w tnessed hero for tho last month.
wiS'?"" " murder by hlred ehuw on
Wednesday, is to vote against every man
1$ES?T on tha "harmonyB0.?n
iV .!: ' decld,ea upon and forced through
?h,r,iankat,on- No-ma" bo better
" ha company ho keeps, and tho only
JmarfBH4,!"? th.? clty la to them In
?hft ,"r that w11 slnk even through their
thick hides. ANTI-CONTRACTOR.
Philadelphia, September 24.
MR. ACKERMAN AIDS. EPPLEY
FUND
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
- 'Jry? t0 send you W neck for $5
for tha Eppley relief fund. Although I am
no1t resident of Philadelphia, 1 believe that
ail those who have read about the election
blot In Philadelphia ought to voice their
? "i1 nrouh this fund for tho mother of
tho -dead policeman.
V.1,11.- , u, 5ARL W' ACKERMAN.
Philadelphia. September 21.
PITILESS PUBLICITY
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: '
Blr May I express hearty approval of
the leading editorial" In yesterday's Evenino
Lbdobr entitled "Too Proud to Hide the
Truth"? It was what wo call down hero
a corker.
It Is men whq ah not afraid to wrlto
such opinions and publish them who will
redeem Philadelphia. These aro the men
who refuse to admit that the 'city's politics
must remain a hissing; and a byword. They
deny that the moral stench of a Vare-Smlth
combine, or of any other combine, shall pf.
fend the nostrils of visitors as tho train ap
proaohea tho jfreat historic city. They deny
that the interests of the city are In the keep-'
lng of tho poltroons who think that fighting
rascality Is bad advertising. There wero
men once who thought that fighting New
Jersey mosquitoes was bad .advertising,
The'best advertising Philadelphia ever gets
la when a paper like the Ertcuma Ledger
opens up ita big guns on the scalawags who
presume to terrorize It.
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Blr mnthlne which tiss JnH riltn
bdu wno imemta 117
Z. Of what natlnimlltr Is MarialHul
euuor or "Die zunnnn. -; r
3. What war measures has Amatol
InteljT I a
4. Give the date of (he battle ethetwir
C. vV ho was rrtini Joaef IIarla7'
tvnere is me vvellana Canair f
What noted Illustrator for Usl
beeaiue a famous novel!
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8. What was the last battls fotuMnl
sun; .
fe 0. What was tha "red wslltcMttt
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10. Whnt doea the French rhrtM Ik (
cnuiiitfro" meanr .
Answers to Yesterday's Qtk
1. The "Mooney eaae" Is ranetroM mHa 1
J. Mnnnr. Nan PranrlMAnUaer I
nualtlnr execution on tha ebarttall
been a partr to a "preosneam i
bomb ouirase in that cltr.
2. Germany mar promise to rs uUMMI
slum on condition that tae AIUm set
Oennaii colonics ana pnadMiU
territorial ana econonue miw.
3. Mntnr nnMPnl ffiakM W. 1taaSf li I
raandrr ot Camp Ull. JTrljhtimi. JJ
. uimert Jt. meiitrion, Mm "
dramatist und writer of. dttlw
Is generally accepted as U9
Inr xnonent of orthodox C
0. Bucharest, Rumania, Is the sHsfjiJ
latest Herman Intrlrue col.
nnd explosives are said Is kstiMNS
In tha Herman lttsUon Iters mil
mania, was still neutral. .
0. "riaminr bullets,'' noif twlnf "J''
llalrliim. Irnlta soldiers' clsteM M.l
eessfullr that those strwli krj
to be rolled In mod ksftrs't!
7. Maurice Maeterlinck wwJ2j,T
It means "My Lodjr Oknmf'
S. Irnatlus ot Lojola founded U',W
0. Thi Order of the KnUMi of tS Sir
founded In ltJt., . , ju-..
10. The Areopas us was hat hfflii "! J
tha hlihnt Judicial court est.
Mars's 1I1U.
A BATTLE'S AFTERMATl
mnr ni-ollmlnsrles to the battle, t
I ,tmj?n nra more -stlrrinf I 1
aftermath, but not so Patu4 ,WJ
smoke nnd fog had been ales!' rj
winds, citizens of QermwWW w"
plteous sight. The town hid be?"
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tho dust as men ay gupwr m '
breath out Orchards and garte (J"
i.m ....in Tha nail Of battle huttf
losses on each Bide were 1"V""
. t.At. ms had Quel,
uem omcers on uui ,' tei 1
Washington's army, thirty b&W'.JZl
men were slain, one nunuxtu -j
officers and 101 men were wonnM
taken prisoners, uritien io
men killed. flfty-fle nicer wai
men wounded, ,
mk. lAtln Am nt fna DSOWS 1
., ,.. iM.MaHlf.a flflma bY tlK 1
Qermantown. Appreciating U",!
steady activity of Wftsnmi0
gave him a vote of thanks f f
and well-concerted attacKup
r-.ni.n" The COW"
army nca v"'-w";" -, as
in-chief of the American wW.L
pollte twist to tno occasmu w r
latlng his officers for their "breve-J
on tnat occasion.-
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several cuki iuu" ,.rt.,hl
ones, havo been cited as conulboWM
repulse Of the Americans In tM "
la asserieu inui m " .T rtusrl
Others blamed the delay t the "J"
others yet declared tnai " ""HST ,
Stephens wis at fault. i".t!2i
were said to be the lack 01 nj
between tho several army dYiewv
want of ammunition. .
Washington's account ! nv
foresting. Tho aenerm
"Although an unfortunate feft.
tho smoke, prevented tno "-r-
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